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The value of emotional truth

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I once attended a philosophy lecture on the value of truth in modern times. It was framed around […]

Joshua Krook August 15, 2021 Philosophy

If Then by Jill Lepore

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Long before Amazon, Twitter and Facebook, a company called Simulmatics Corporation sought to predict and control human behaviour […]

Joshua Krook July 6, 2021 Books

The Social Dilemma: Review

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If you watch one film about technology this year, make it this one. The Social Dilemma (Netflix) features […]

Joshua Krook June 23, 2021 Ideas

Media Triviality: The World According to Neil Postman

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In 1985, Neil Postman wrote a book called Amusing Ourselves to Death. In it, he warned that unless […]

Joshua Krook May 20, 2021 Philosophy

The Ethics of Brain Implants

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Brain implants are such a risky technology that we should consider banning them before they get released. If […]

Joshua Krook August 30, 2020 Law, Philosophy

United Kingdom Considers New Laws: Age Restrictions for Facebook Likes, Snapstreaks

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The recent call for age restrictions on likes and streaks on Facebook and Snapchat is long overdue, but […]

Joshua Krook April 26, 2019 Ideas

Automation and the Classic Political Response – Retrain Workers – Inadequate

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When the threat of automation is raised, politicians tend to respond with banal platitudes about retraining workers. “We […]

Joshua Krook April 26, 2019 Business

The Prison of New Technology

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There is a line in Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death that has been haunting me for months […]

Joshua Krook December 7, 2018 Philosophy
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